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Variants in the HEPSIN gene are associated with susceptibility to prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases - 1 Dec 2012
Kim H J, Han J H, Chang I H, Kim W, Myung S C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HEPSIN (HPN) gene is one of the most consistently overexpressed genes in patients with prostate cancer; furthermore, there is some evidence supporting an association between HPN gene variants and the risk of developing prostate cancer. In this study, sequence variants in the HPN gene were investigated to determine whether they were associated with prostate cancer risk in a Korean study cohort....
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